Nursing Professional Development Specialist - Critical Care

About the job

Kootenai Health is hiring a full-time Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Specialist in Coeur d'Alene, working days in clinical education and mainly supporting the Critical Care service line. The specialist is a registered nurse who works as a learning facilitator, change agent and partner in role development, using evidence-based education and professional development to support nursing practice and patient outcomes.

Kootenai Health serves patients across northern Idaho and the Inland Northwest.

What you'll do

• Identify learning needs from data, performance trends and staff feedback
• Design and deliver education that fits clinical priorities, standards and regulatory requirements
• Teach in classroom, simulation, bedside and digital formats
• Support staff onboarding, orientation and role transitions
• Coach and mentor staff to build professional growth and clinical excellence
• Evaluate how well educational activities work
• Collaborate with leaders and interdisciplinary teams on change, safety and quality initiatives
• Keep up professional competency, complete mandatory training, help advance NPD practice and foster inquiry, innovation and lifelong learning
• Take on a specialty focus such as simulation, clinical education, ambulatory care, interdisciplinary certifications or the nurse planner role, while staying flexible to help the wider NPD team

What you need

• An Idaho registered nurse license, licensure pending as shown by a temporary license, or a current RN license from a state that participates with Idaho in the multistate privilege to practice compact, prior to the start date
• A bachelor of science in nursing (BSN)
• BLS certification
• Competence to meet the age-specific needs of the assigned unit
• Able to lift or move as much as 35 pounds and to push, pull or transport heavy equipment
• Able to hold a standing position, stoop, crouch or bend, reach above or below shoulder height and help with patient transfers

Preferred

• A graduate degree in nursing or a related field
• At least 3 years of direct patient care experience
• Previous experience creating training programs for adult learners, from design and development through delivery and evaluation
• Nursing Professional Development certification (NPD-BC)

Schedule

• Day shift, full-time
• 80 hours per two-week pay period

Benefits

• Medical coverage, including options paid in full by the employer for eligible full-time employees, with benefits starting the first of the month after 30 days of employment
• Dental, vision, life and pet insurance, plus telemedicine and wellbeing resources
• Tuition assistance after 90 days
• Pre-tax and Roth retirement plans with an employer match of 3% to 6%
• Night, weekend and PRN shift differentials
• A wellness program offering coaching and financial wellness resources, plus free or reduced-price fitness center access and wellbeing apps
• Employee discounts and an employee referral bonus program